Broadway gossip and political bets stir 1944 buzz
Walter Winchell notes betting on F D R carrying 36 states while insiders debate Hoover as running mate. Celebrity moves include Adrienne Ames at Fort Dix and Lana Turner coast rounds with Jess Barker. Mississppi Congressman McGehee’s daughter Gloria begins singing, and Broadway figures face salacious rumors and legal limits on night spot taxes.
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F.D.R
Hoover
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Black
Hugo Black, Jr
Dorothy Palmer
Leonard Lyonses
Adrienne Ames
Fort Dix
Gertrude Niesen
Sutton Place
Congress
Cong. Knutson
Night Club Actors’ Union
Tommy Wonder
Follies
Jane Withers
H’wood
William Mullins
Boston
Gov
Dewey
Udge Landis
Bing A- Crosby
Boston Braves
Bing
Jerry Waynes
Mississippi
McGehee
Gloria
Mary Astor
Lana Turner
Jess Barker
Ernie Pyle
London
Chatham
Love of Madam Sand chosen as film tag
After about eighty title attempts, The Love of Madam Sand becomes the official tag for the project. Al Jolson saw rushes and joked about Sand, you made the pants too long. Baritone Edward Boecker finally reaches Broadway with Allah Be Praised before getting orders to Fort Dix. Danny Kaye and Judy Garland will star in a forthcoming film.
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Madam Sand
Muni
Oberon
al Jolson
Edward Boecker
Broadway
Allah
Fort Dix
Danny Kaye
Judy Garland
FCC Threatened Magazine-Solon
Rep. Louis E. Miller charged Chairman James L. Fly of the FCC used threats to curb Reader's Digest from publishing a critical article. Miller alleged subpoenas and a three page letter threatening prosecution if the piece appeared, calling it censorship and urging fair treatment.
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Washington
Llp
Louis E. Miller
R-Mo
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission
Reader’s Digest
FCC
Miller
de Witt Wallace
Gretta Palmer
Fly
Wallace
House
Lea
D-Calif
Department of Justice
Digest
Only Half of Civilian Track-Laying Tractors Available Next Year
The War Production board said only about 50 percent of civilian track-laying tractors can be produced next year at the current rate. About 85 percent of all production is reserved for military use, leaving 15 percent for civilian sectors such as construction, logging, mining, petroleum, and farming. The exact civilian supply was not released to avoid revealing numbers allocated to the armed forces.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Army
Navy
Chinese Counteroffensive Fends Off Japanese Near Loyang
Chinese dispatches say forces south of Loyang in Henan province repelled a Japanese push and forced retreat across the Yi river. Reports claim the Japanese were six miles from Loyang after a 3 mile advance in 24 hours and that a separate probe near Shansi was wiped out.
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Loyang
Peiping-Hankow
Tokyo
Honan
Masaryk Warns of Soft Peace Terms
Jan Masaryk deputy prime minister of Czechoslovakia addresses a full plenary session in Philadelphia warning against soft peace terms with Germany He urges proving aggression does not pay and plans to democratic Europe while cautioning against public overstatements during wartime mobilization.
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Philadelphia
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Germany
United Nations
Masaryk
Concert of Europe
Hankow Bombed by Yanks and Chinese
Chinese and American Fourteenth Air Force bombers attacked Hankow, a key Japanese base in Central China, on Saturday and started large fires. They met over 30 enemy fighters near Hankow and claimed several shot down. Allied losses were not disclosed.
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Chungking
Fourteenth Air Force
Hankow
China
Tuesay
Haakow
Alaska Highway Blunder Draws Congressional Report
Alaska Highway project faulted as a costly misstep in location by the Alaska International Highway Commission. Rep. Magnuson says the route chosen from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks was impractical and wasteful, favoring an alternate Whitehorse line. The May 18 filing compares costs and criticizes military utility and contractor spend.
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Seattle
Alaskan International Highway Commission
Congress
Alaska
Rep
Magnuson
D-Wash
LaGuardia Committee On Joint Defense
Dawson Creek
B C
Fairbanks
Commission
Whitehorse
Alaska Military Highway
Alaska Road Commission
United States
CMA seeks removal of JAMA editor Morris Fishbein
The California Medical association on Tuesday called for the dismissal of Dr Morris Fishbein as editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association and as ex officio spokesman for the medical profession.
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Los Angeles
California Medical Association
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Walford Board of Education Sealed Coal Bid Notice
Walford Consolidated School in Walford Iowa will receive sealed bids at 800 p.m. May 29 1944 for a good grade of stoker coal quantity 50 tons more or less with screenings. The board reserves 1 percent right to accept or reject any or all bids. W L Musser secretary.
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Walford Board of Education
Walford Consolidated School
Walford
Iowa
W L Musser
Allied forces claim heavy Japanese losses in India drive
In the Kohima sector Allied forces pressed to clear Japanese invaders before the monsoon. Mountbatten’s communique reports 750 Japanese killed May 4 to 6 and ongoing heavy casualties since. British gains were noted on the Imphal plain while in northern Burma Japanese forces attacked Chinese positions.
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Kandy
Ceylon
INS
India
Kohima
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Imphal Plain
Burma
S S Savannah Stamp Goes on Sale May 22
The three cent stamp commemorating the 125th anniversary of the S S Savannah will go on sale May 22 on National Maritime Day at Savannah Georgia and King's Point New York. First day covers may be mailed to Savannah and Great Neck postmasters with payment included. The stamps will be available at a later date after May 22.
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Cedar Rapids
S. S. Savannah
Atlantic
National Maritime
Savannah
King’s Point
Merchant Marine Academy
Great Neck
King's Point
NLRB backs foremen in Wagner act cases
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that employers who discharge or discriminate against supervisory foremen for activity in an independent foremen's union violate the Wagner act. It also upheld not certifying supervisory units for collective bargaining. The Foremen's Association of America case spurred a strike at Detroit war plants.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Foremen’s Association of America
War Labor Board
Detroit War
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